Brain Unblocked: The Brainspotting Podcast

How, when, and why to use self-brainspotting to unblock issues such as gray area drinking, money mindset, imposter syndrome, performance, fitness goals and other issues faced by high achievers, business owners, and high performers.

81. Confident Copywriting for Therapists with Marisa Corcoran 02/26/2025

81. Confident Copywriting for Therapists with Marisa Corcoran Hey therapist-turning-coach, ready to discover what to say and how to say it to magnetically attract your dream clients? Then you need in your corner... In addition to writing the words that get landing pages converting at 60% (or higher!) and crafting personality-filled emails, Marisa helps coaches and creatives craft their uncopyable message inside her signature program, The Copy Confidence Society. She's also the creator of the wildly popular summit, The Copy Chat which has raised over $130K for organizations like Soul Fire Farm, The Headstrong Project, and Sage USA. When not click-clacking on her laptop, you can find this Harvard grad analyzing a Real Housewives episode like it’s government policy and consuming inappropriate amounts of Nutrageous candy bars. This is ESPECIALLY tricky with Brainspotting, amIright? It's such a must-experience, and if you're like me, putting it into words is a strug.gle. at first. Nevermind the struggle of "what's too much to self-disclose with my coaching clients when I'm a therapist?" Great news! I've found the solution, and it's in the fun-filled, sassy, hooker with a heart of gold package of Marisa Corcoran, and she did me the enormous honor of coming here to talk about it! In this episode we cover: Why it's acceptable for me to straight up call Marisa a hooker in this writeup (nay, encouraged) The Rapport Trap that sucks in therapists, especially if you're a coach on the side (and Marisa's advice to get out of that trap) Why your website needs a Meet Cute PLUS the inside scoop on Marisa's upcoming Links and resources: Pick which of you'll attend, and let me know in case we'll be at the same one! I wanna say hi! Email me your top takeaway at I'll even get you started. Copy/paste/fill-in-the-blank: OMG Carolyn I just listened to Ep 81 and my brain is swimming after hearing ____________________ Or DM me the above line on Instagram who want to take more Paid Time Off from 1:1 work this year! Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Hourly Service Provider to Out of Office Therapist! Subscribe for free at Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/35436020

I Missed You: What I'm BSPing Now 02/18/2025

From Mundane to Life Changing with Rebeca Gilbert 12/05/2023

How to Choose a Brainspotting Setup 08/15/2023

Why Knowing Better Does Not Equal Doing Better 08/08/2023

Game-Changing Results from Brainspotting and Business Clarity with Valarie Harris 07/25/2023

Game-Changing Results from Brainspotting and Business Clarity with Valarie Harris How big of a game-changer can Brainspotting actually be? Valarie Harris is today’s guest to share about her very first experiences of using Self-guided Brainspotting to face some deep fears about her family as well as to increase her ability to make wise business decisions from an upleveled place of comfort despite uncertainty. You don’t want to miss: Valarie’s own story of her very first moments with Brainspotting How to make uncertainty feel empowering The game-changing work Valarie does with therapy practice owners PLUS, how you can meet up with Valarie in Belize to battle business owner burnout. Valarie is passionate about promoting healing for those with a history of trauma. She has a unique way of helping mental health providers, clients, and the public understand trauma and how it affects the brain and body. She is an advocate at her core and utilizes writing and guest appearances for the purpose of educating the general public and reducing the stigma surrounding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Currently, Valarie serves as the Clinical Director for her group practice. She also offers clinical supervision, retreats for business owners, consulting, and training on topics such as trauma-informed care, attachment-based leadership, and growing a million-dollar teaching practice. Links and resources: Trauma & Therapy Center of Tennessee Educate & Elevate Are you considering bringing interns into your practice but don’t know where to start? Valarie’s upcoming Belize retreat Trauma-Informed Leaders on Facebook Educate and Elevate on Facebook Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand Email me the word CALL at if you’d like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27434010

4 Vital Issues Every Alcohol-Free Entrepreneur Should Brainspot 07/18/2023

2 Simple Signs a Brain Block is Postponing Your Success 07/11/2023

Brainspotting Calm and Confident Copywriting with Danielle Peters 07/03/2023

Brainspotting Calm and Confident Copywriting with Danielle Peters When you run a business, there are countless tasks that can lead to dysregulation (which then leads to Energetic Misdirection, Phantom Productivity, and Burnout). In this episode, Danielle Peters, LMFT, shares her story of finding a surprising amount of calm amidst a cacophony of money stuff, imposter syndrome, and stress about visibility. As the owner of a copywriting business for therapists and coaches, she also understands the nuanced needs of a dysregulated person as they browse the internet for the solution to their struggles. You don’t want to miss: ● How much change Danielle noticed after one single Brainspotting experience ● What Danielle would say to the past version of herself who hadn’t yet tried Brainspotting ● How to know if your website is causing you dysregulation and leading to a stalled out project PLUS, the biggest mistakes Danielle sees therapists and coaches make when they write their own website copy. Danielle Peters LMFT is a therapist turned copywriter who currently splits her professional time working as a therapist who supports mothers of neurodivergent kids and working as a copywriter writing blogs, and website copy for other therapists. In her personal life Danielle lives in California and is a mother of two who enjoys spending time with her kiddos outdoors hiking, camping, and doing anything near the water. Links and resources: ● Blog Writing Essentials for Therapists (free download) ● Danielle Peters ● Connect with Danielle on Linkedin ● Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at ● Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing ● Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes ● Follow me on Instagram: ● Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand ● Email me the word CALL at if you’d like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27228456

An Honest Review of Balanced Productivity Blueprint with Dr Dawn Brunkenhoefer of The Practice Class 06/28/2023

An Honest Review of Balanced Productivity Blueprint with Dr Dawn Brunkenhoefer of The Practice Class Have you ever sat down to do a seemingly simple task only to find yourself down a rabbit hole of phantom productivity, busily researching a related-but-unnecessary topic. And before you know it, your time to work has ended and you’re no closer to your income goal than you were when you started? Dr. Dawn Brunkenhoefer can relate! In this episode she shares her story of discovering performance anxiety around recording her online course, and how she used Self-led Brainspotting to get out of her own way. You don’t want to miss: Dawn’s aha moment when she used Self-led Brainspotting on her performance anxiety block for recording her online courses The truth about how shame keeps therapists stuck using outdated modalities and less effective treatments Dawn’s take on how easy it was to learn and implement Self-led Brainspotting using the Balanced Productivity Blueprint PLUS, how you can join us next year in Costa Rica for a chance to practice Self-led Brainspotting while surrounded by peaceful beaches and majestic mountains. Dr. Dawn Brunkenhoefer, LPC has taken her years of experience opening mental health facilities, running (and growing) a group private practice, along with her passion for helping others to create The Practice Class, LLC, an innovative alternative for therapists seeking “out of the office” experiences in all things continuing education, training, resources, and support. She loves the counseling field and truly enjoys supporting other therapists! After years of being a director for the “authority” she decided to start her own group practice. She transitioned from agency work to full-time private practice. Finding herself struggling in a sedentary and lonely space (especially during the pandemic), she began walking and hiking. She offered walk-and-talks to her clients so she could get outside more. As an Approved Continuing Education Provider (NBCC ACEP 7235), she offers innovative counselor education content to all levels of licensed therapists by hosting retreats, webinars, conferences, courses, and resources to therapists of all levels. Links and resources: The Practice Class by Dr. Dawn Brunkenhoefer: www.thepracticeclass.com Contact Dr. Dawn Brunkenhoefer: [email protected] Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand Email me the word CALL at if you’d like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27207984

Financial Flow, The Curious Voyage, and other ways Cynthia Schwartzberg has made Brainspotting accessible 06/23/2023

Financial Flow, The Curious Voyage, and other ways Cynthia Schwartzberg has made Brainspotting accessible Cynthia Schwartzberg is a Brainspotting powerhouse. Her creativity and openness to curiosity have resulted in countless advances in the ways we use Brainspotting both inside the therapy room and with non-clinical brain blocks. Join me in this episode as she talks about her own Brainspotting story as well as some of the newest ways she’s using Brainspotting to change lives. You don’t want to miss: Cynthia’s story of discovering how her back pain was tied to an emotional experience, not a physical one. She breaks down the pillars and phases of her new program Financial Flow, where she teaches the use of Brainspotting for increasing the flow of money through your life. Her heartfelt words for her younger Self who hadn’t yet discovered the power of Brainspotting in her life. PLUS, information on Cynthia’s upcoming trainings. Whether you’re already trained in Brainspotting or not, Cynthia has trainings for all levels. Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW is a Senior Brainspotting Trainer, Consultant and Therapist. Cynthia focuses on training other professionals how to utilize Brainspotting with their clients and is innovative with the modality developing programs including Brainspotting and Parts, Clearing Limbic-Countertransference, ImageSpotting, and the Beyond Spot. She founded the Southeast Brainspotting Institute and is passionate about helping people use the Brainspotting modality for their own growth. Cynthia teaches Self-Spotting for those wanting to integrate the focused mindfulness of Brainspotting into their meditation process and life in general. This focused mindfulness process of Brainspotting is integrated into the Financial Flow program co-created with Beth Medina, a Brainspotting Consultant, and Therapist and applied to all aspects of one’s financial life. Their most recent program is called Optimize Your Financial Life. It is a 4-part series to explore the relationship to money, The program assists to identify, explore, and clarify what's getting in the way of having and holding onto money. It also addresses money beliefs and releasing what is no longer serving in the areas of earning, spending, saving, investing and giving. Participants have discovered life changing and financial shifts in these areas. Links and resources: Cynthasis: The Curious Voyage by Cythia Schwartzberg, LCSW: Financial Flow: The Southeast Brainspotting Institute (SEBI): Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at Follow me on Instagram: Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand Email me at [email protected] /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27244494

The Surprising Way Money Mindset Postpones Your Success (and it’s not because you don’t think you’re worth it) [Money Mini-series part 2 of 2] 06/22/2023

Raising Your Rates is NOT the Answer to Being More Profitable in Business (and neither is cutting your spending). [Money Mini-series 1 of 2] 06/21/2023

How Easy and Efficient is Brainspotting Really? with Kyle Talbert 06/13/2023

How Easy and Efficient is Brainspotting Really? with Kyle Talbert If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to start a Self-guided brainspotting practice with zero experience or spare time, or if you’re feeling maybe a little skeptical about Brainspotting and whether or not it’s too “out there” for you, this episode is for you. Kyle Talbert, the therapist for guys who don’t want therapy, joins me to share his Brainspotting story as a guy who was sick of avoiding the monotonous but necessary aspects of day to day life. Kyle Talbert, MA, LPC, NCC is an expert counseling men who don't want counseling...an expert because he is one of those men. With prior experience in law enforcement, Kyle now uses solution-focused and evidence-based tools to help men take back themselves to become the better husbands, fathers, and men that they need & want to be. Licensed for telehealth video visits in Texas and Colorado and in-person sessions in The Woodlands, Tx You don’t want to miss: ● What made Kyle decide to give Brainspotting a try ● How Kyle’s red flags let him know when it’s time to Self-regulate ● How Kyle started a Self-guided Brainspotting practice even when meditation and yoga didn’t work for him PLUS, the red flags that mean it might be time for you to also take a deeper look at what your goals are and how you can show up better for your work and your family. Links and resources: ● Kyle Talbert Online: ● Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at ● Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing ● Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes ● Follow me on Instagram: ● Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand ● Email me at [email protected] /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27034014

Brainspotting Business and Health Through Perimenopause with Erin Todd 06/07/2023

Brainspotting Business and Health Through Perimenopause with Erin Todd This one is for the ladies (and the men who want to support the ladies). I’m joined by Erin Todd, psychologist turned women’s perimenopause coach. Erin uses Brainspotting both personally and professionally to help make the world a better place, one perimenopausal woman at a time. You don’t want to miss: ● How Brainspotting has helped Erin overcome blocks about showing up and advertising her services ● How she envisions using Brainspotting in her work with perimenopausal women ● The absurdly complex path of perimenopause and why no woman should try to DIY it! PLUS, Erin shares her free training for women of all ages who are done “just dealing with it” when their hormones start to shift and change. Erin is a clinical psychologist turned health coach, and has a special interest in helping women in perimenopause improve their health and manage the overwhelm that can happen during your 40's. She has a unique perspective as she has spent 18 years working as a psychologist, supporting people's emotional health, and has also studied women's health, so is able to offer support around an person's physical and emotional health. She believes that you can't separate the mind and the body (which often happens in modern Western medicine), and it's important to see the body as a whole system. As such, her work includes education around changes in hormonal health, as well as helping the person manage stress and find their voice and learn new ways to care for themselves during this confusing transition. Links and resources: ● Erin Todd on Instagram: ● Erin Todd’s Perimenopause free training: ● Erin Todd’s Website: ● Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at ● Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing ● Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes ● Follow me on Instagram: ● Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand ● Email me at [email protected] /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/27034020

Social Media Blocks with Neuroperformance Coach Keely Rodriguez 5:30:23 4 33 PM 06/01/2023

Social Media Blocks with Neuroperformance Coach Keely Rodriguez 5:30:23 4 33 PM Have you ever had the Social Media Yips? Let’s say you *know* everything you need to do on the tech side, and you even have the idea for what you want the post to say, but then when it comes time to actually put it online, you freeze (or you clean your baseboards instead). Join me in this inspiring conversation with Keely Rodriguez about all the ways we can use subcortical work to get unstuck as parents, professionals, and even to help us show up better for the many hats we wear. You don’t want to miss: How Keely knew it was time to find a better way to support her sport and performance arts kids who struggled with the mental game of performing Keely’s own mental game with social media as an entrepreneur The difference between finishing a coaching course vs learning Self-guided Brainspotting. PLUS, exactly how Keely manages to wear all these hats and still use Self-guided Brainspotting to protect her and her family’s wellbeing. Keely Rodriguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the owner of Mandala Counseling Group. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree, in Speech Communications at the University of Texas at Austin. Following her time at the University of Texas, Keely spent five years writing speeches for two-state Senators at the Texas State Legislature in Austin, Texas. After marrying her husband Michael and moving to Brownsville, Keely spent fifteen years working in the pharmaceutical industry for Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb as a national award-winning salesperson. In 2015 Keely left the pharmaceutical industry and returned to graduate school to pursue a Master’s of Education in Counseling and Guidance at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she graduated top of her class. In 2018 Keely opened Mandala Counseling Group. Mandala is six counselor group that provides mental health services for children, teens, adults, couples and families in the Rio Grande Valley and across the state of Texas. As an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Certified Trauma Counselor and a Brainspotting trained therapist Keely specializes in severe trauma cases where she helps adult men and women overcome symptoms of anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She hopes to continue to expand the Mandala Counseling Group to meet the mental health needs of Cameron and Hidalgo counties. Keely is the mother of two college-aged children and has been married to her husband, Michael, for 23 years. In her free time, Keely loves to teach yoga, sing in her church choir, and perform at the local theater. Links and resources: Keely Rodriguez: Find Keely on social media: The Neuroperformance Coach Keely Rodriguez on Instagram: @keely_neuroperformancecoach Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker’s Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand Email me at [email protected] /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/26994222

Brainspotting and Intention Setting in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Thad Frye 05/16/2023

Can You Be As Successful As They Are? And Other Brain Blocks with Delee D'Arcy 05/09/2023

Are Momentum-Building Strategies Killing Your Business? 05/02/2023

3 Lesser Known Symptoms that You're On the Burnout Expressway 04/25/2023

Healthy Sustainable Weight Loss with Rebecca Thomas 04/18/2023

Healthy Sustainable Weight Loss with Rebecca Thomas If your struggles with alcohol, procrastination or perfectionism have made it difficult for you to maintain a healthy size for your body, Rebecca Thomas has news for you. As the founder of Not Another Diet, an effective, no-diet method for sustained weight loss and well-being, she shares some of the same frustrations with the incomplete (and often just plain bad) advice being sold on the market today. Rebecca is a lifetime entrepreneur devoted to helping others free themselves from shame and have the life they imagine for themselves. She’s currently focused on teaching a new and better way to think about weight and personal health. And she’s here this week to share some of her new and better way with you. You don’t want to miss: How environmental constraints are probably playing a large role in your struggle for sustainable health habits The cascade effect of a single shift in the systems of your daily life Common sources of Energetic Misdirection in weight loss habits (are you struggling with any of these?) PLUS, what you can focus on instead of the overly-hyped calories in, calories out (and no, it’s not macros either). Links and resources: Find Rebecca Thomas online at and sign up for her email list to be notified as soon as her new *free* training is available Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox every M-F to help you get past the brain blocks keeping you stuck on groundhog day so you can take action and move the needle in your business. Sign up at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Join the waitlist for Optimized AF Academy Follow me on Instagram: Find a Brainspotting practitioner near you: UK-specific directory: Free Biolateral Music Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/26532855

How is self Brainspotting different from Self Led Brainspotting 04/13/2023

How busy people can uplevel their dry january by modernizing the 30 day challenge model of health-building 12/27/2022

How High Achievers Can Ditch their Drinking Habit, Even Over the Holidays 12/22/2022

3 Ways to Use Brainspotting This Holiday Season 12/07/2022

My Easy-to-Follow Flow Chart for Stalled Out Entrepreneurs 11/22/2022

Self-Control is Not the Secret to Habit Change 11/17/2022

Pause and Reflect Hope for People Experiencing Complex Trauma with Jennyfer Rosado 11/08/2022

Pause and Reflect Hope for People Experiencing Complex Trauma with Jennyfer Rosado Even once we get healthy in our relationship with alcohol, there’s often more work to do on the unhealed wounds we have (that maybe either came about with alcohol or they were something you used alcohol to try and avoid). Whatever the case, it’s important to be honest with yourself about your own level of need for deeper work. In this episode, Jennyfer does an amazing job of taking something as abstract as complex trauma and sharing it in a way that will help you decide whether or not there’s deeper work to be done for yourself. Here’s Jennyfer’s bio in her own words: I'm a LPC in private practice in Texas, specializing in trauma but more specifically complex trauma. I work a lot with childhood sexual abuse and perinatal trauma and loss. I am certified in brainspotting and hope to begin working towards becoming a consultant in the next year or two. I've also completed a 6 month intensive with Deb Dana in Applied Polyvagal Theory and also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional through the Trauma International Institute. I am also opening a trauma center (Selah Trauma Counseling Center) at the beginning of 2023 in Wichita Falls with the aim to become an all encompassing center for trauma services. You don’t want to miss: How trauma can be connected to Groundhog Day drinking habits The common signs and symptoms of complex trauma, especially if you’re a perfectionist or high achiever What is the Polyvagal Theory and how does it connect to Brainspotting? PLUS, I read my favorite excerpt from Jennyfer’s new book: Through My Eyes - Letters to My Clients [You], available on Amazon. Links and resources: Selah Trauma Counseling Center: Jennyfer Rosado: Jennyfer’s new book: Through My Eyes - Letters to My Clients [You], available on Amazon. Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox every M-F to help you get past the brain blocks keeping you stuck on groundhog day so you can take action and move the needle in your business. Sign up at Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing Join the waitlist for Optimized AF Academy Follow me on Instagram: Find a Brainspotting practitioner near you: UK-specific directory: Free Biolateral Music Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand /episode/index/show/carolynrobistow/id/24892893

How To Wake Up Shame-Free After a Night of Over-Drinking [Moderation Series Part 4 of 4] 10/28/2022

How Wine-Lovers Can Step Off The Groundhog Day Cycle of Shame Using a Simple 3-Part Formula [Moderation Series Part 3 of 4] 10/27/2022

Brain Unblocked: The Brainspotting Podcast

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